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Kobach lead cut in half after vote-tallying error in Kansas GOP primary for governor; Pence details plan for creation of a 'Space Force' that would become sixth military branch

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Banker testifies Paul Manafort should not have received $3.4 million loan in 2015 Citizens Bank Vice President Peggy Miceli said that if the bank had known the property was a rental rather than a second home, Trump's onetime campaign chairman would not have received such a large loan against the property. The maximum loan for that type property, she said, is $1 million. By Rachel Weiner, Matt Zapotosky, Lynh Bui and Tom Jackman  •  Read more » Kobach lead cut in half after vote-tallying error in Kansas GOP primary for governor Kris Kobach, a staunch ally of President Trump, originally had a 191-vote advantage over incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer as of Wednesday. The latest adjustment means Kobach's lead is reduced to 91 votes. By Amy B Wang and Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   Pence details plan for creation of a 'Space Force' that would become sixth military branch In a speech, Vice President Pence issued what amounted to a call to arms to preserve the military's dominance in space. But plans to set up a new military branch, which would need congressional approval, have been met with fierce opposition. By Christian Davenport and Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Two young men were on paths to success. Now one is dead, the other charged with his murder. The men, roommates in Southeast Washington, grew up having had run-ins with police, but both were working to change their lives. Police said a fight between them turned deadly, and city officials are left to wonder what happened to the men they thought they had saved. By Michael Brice-Saddler  •  Read more »   Mexico's car manufacturing cities thrive despite uncertainty over NAFTA After more than a year of strained trade talks, the unemployment rate in one city is approaching zero, a sprawling BMW factory glitters on the horizon and recruiters stalk the main plazas with pleading signs: "We are searching for talent." It all points to how deeply entrenched the U.S. automotive industry — driven primarily by low labor costs — is in Mexico. By Kevin Sieff  •  Read more »   Devin Nunes, in secret recording, tells donors GOP majority is necessary to protect Trump The California Republican made the remarks during a closed-door fundraiser last month for a GOP colleague. By Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT This place 'is going to burn,' says text allegedly sent by man arrested in California's Holy Fire The arrest was made as more than a dozen blazes across California continue to endanger the lives of thousands. By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Green Party candidate says he might be part alien, doesn't care if he's a spoiler in Ohio election In one TV interview, Joe Manchik said a claim he made on Facebook — that his ancestors were "from a planet orbiting a star in the Pleiades star cluster" — was just silliness. But he added that "the human species possibly could have evolved on another planet millions of years ago." By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   'I want to die': Was a 5-year-old boy drugged after being separated from his dad at the border? A Chicago shelter denies allegations that a young migrant boy was injected with something to make him sleepy when he misbehaved. But the boy's parents know this: He isn't the same child he was before. By Michael Miller  •  Read more »   More than 40,000 Facebook users expressed interest in political protests with potential Russian ties Archived pages show that people had said they were interested in attending anti-Trump rallies hosted by a group that Facebook banned last week, one at the White House and one in Rome. By Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin  •  Read more »   Airstrike by U.S. allies kills dozens of Yemeni children on a bus The coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates entered Yemen's civil war more than three years ago to fight northern Houthi rebels who seized power from Yemen's internationally recognized government. By Ali Al-Mujahed and Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more »   Your patient died: Death reports make the opioid crisis personal for doctors The death notices were a simple but unusual experiment — part of a growing research effort aimed at finding solutions to the opioid epidemic that is estimated to have killed almost 50,000 people from overdoses last year. By Carolyn Johnson  •  Read more »

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